And with nine goals in 19 games to his name so far this term, Jack says the highly-rated youngster is in no rush to leave.

He said: “Obviously things can change in football but certainly from my perspective as a manager, the conversations I’ve had with Gordon Scott, the chairman and the board, they understand how important he is to us, helping achieve the ambition that I’ve said we want to do this season.

“Because I’m so close with Lewis and because he’s such a level-headed young man, he also wants to play a part in that so he’s in no rush to leave here.

“I would expect that there may be movement in January for him, there may be a decision made in January but regardless of that I fully expect him to remain with us until the end of the season and continue in the form he’s been in.

“We had the same dilemma in the summer. There was interested parties in the summer and Lewis could’ve moved then but the argument I put forward to the board was what we would’ve brought in financially to what it could be worth for us to get back to the Premiership.

“It’s a good situation to be in as a manager, that you have the opportunity to keep your best young players and again to add to that have a player who, unusually, is not in a desperate rush to get away from here.

“I think he understands that we’ve been good for him as well. He’s improved dramatically over the last 12 months, not just in terms of his on-the-field performance but his mentality to be able to deal with producing consistent performances.